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Episode 6: Tim Schwab on the Bill Gates Problem

Episode 6: Tim Schwab on the Bill Gates Problem

Update: 2024-10-28
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In this episode, I sit down with Tim Schwab, a freelance investigative journalist, whose new book, The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of a Good Billionaire, critically examines the profound influence of one of global health's biggest players, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Episode 6: Tim Schwab on the Bill Gates Problem

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